Police in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County led by the Directorate of Prison Investigation (DCI) are investigating a automotive hijacking incident that occurred on Saturday morning, January 20.Â
Detectives launched a manhunt for the gang after they found 500 bins of Authorities textbooks price tens of millions deserted alongside the remoted Kaptagat Kaptarakwa Marum Street inside Kaptagat Forest.Â
“The motorized vehicle carrying the books may need been hijacked and hijackers offloaded the books,” the DCI officers said.
“The products had been deserted in distant from the prying public,” the assertion added.Â
Rangers from the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) throughout a previous operation
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Preliminary investigation indicated that the books had been meant for Junior Secondary Faculties belonging to Nyamira North and Nyamira South sub-counties.Â
Nonetheless, because the automobile was not discovered on the scene of the crime, the officers established that the gang could have sped off with it.Â
Authorities additional raised issues concerning the security and safety of instructional sources within the area as they pursued the motive behind the incident.
Grade 6 college students reported to Junior Secondary Faculties on Monday, January 15, practically 4 days earlier than their outcomes had been introduced yesterday.Â
The Kenya Nationwide Schooling Council (KNEC) launched the Kenya Major Faculty Schooling Evaluation (KPSEA) outcomes and suggested dad and mom to choose them from their headteachers.Â
In December final yr, Schooling Cupboard Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu, put aside Ksh3.9 billion for the development of school rooms at Junior Secondary Faculty (JSS).
He added that the World Financial institution would offer an extra Ksh9 billion in direction of the setup of 9,000 school rooms.Â
In the meantime, carjacking circumstances have been on the rise because the Christmas festivities. Police recorded a number of incidents countrywide together with one the place a motorist was robbed at gunpoint alongside Thika Street.Â
Motorists, particularly taxi drivers had been urged to be cautious when ferrying passengers at evening.Â
A photograph collage of two police automobiles
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